Example sentences of "you to be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said formally , ‘ I would like you to be present at the boatyard tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 2 | I wanted you to learn everything ; I did n't want you to be poor like my sisters . |
| 3 | ‘ We shall know if that is the case and we shall expect you to be late for our appointment . |
| 4 | ‘ Whatever the uncertainties the last few weeks may have brought I want you to be certain of this — our work together will continue unchanged , ’ she told the 40 charities of which she is patron . |
| 5 | We want you to be efficient in your studies . |
| 6 | ‘ I want you to be nice to him . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's only natural for you to be ignorant about such matters . |
| 8 | ‘ I want you to be proud of me , Agnes . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm a bit of an outcast , love , ’ he said , ‘ and I do n't want you to be involved with all that . ’ |
| 10 | But you know as well as I do he meant you to be involved in a serious attempt at marriage . |
| 11 | But it is a means to more power , which in turn enables you to be choosy about your scripts . |
| 12 | ‘ I have been asked to supply the models and I would like you to be one of them . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I bring you because I know you to be one of us . ’ |
| 14 | It 's wrong for you to be alone at a time like this . ’ |
| 15 | No , it was just , she did n't want you to be competitive about it . |
| 16 | The objective helps you to be clear about what you have to do in a bid to get it to come true . |
| 17 | I do n't want you to be ashamed of me . |
| 18 | To reduce the number of words : ( a ) Select the words which seem to you to be important for retaining the important messages of the document key words , points of understanding or argument , main points in support . |
| 19 | That 's to say , she had firm features and smartly cut , possibly dyed hair obviously kept under regular control , and she behaved as if she had known a time when she turned every head and expected you to be aware of this too . |
| 20 | You do n't have to start at a attitude , but yeah , if you 're watching for them , and you start to see signals , you need to be aware of these , because that 's really the situation , is n't it , that 's why I think you to be aware of influence . |
| 21 | But I want you to be careful of one thing . |
| 22 | ‘ I would n't want you to be frightened at night , ’ I said . |
| 23 | ‘ And there 's no need for you to be frightened of anything . |
| 24 | I ca n't bear you to be frightened of me . ’ |
| 25 | But I must ask you to be patient with my navigation in these uncharted waters . |